Just across the Schuylkill River from all the festivities of the NFL Draft, the 123rd Penn Relays carnival has been running all week long. On Saturday alone, 47,420 spectators packed into historic Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The big events today as usual featured USA vs. The World. The US and rival Jamaica split the 6 events, with Jamaica winning three for the first time. The Oregon Ducks women swept the Championship of America sprint relays (4x100, Sprint... Read More

The Draft is the NFL's party, but the special guests, the draftees, all are just one foot off an NCAA football field. When it comes to the pros, Philadelphia is sports crazy no matter what the season or sport, although football does get the green light on the radio all year long. However, it's no question that Philly is a hoops town when it comes to college. NCAA basketball runs deep. Despite that, our hometown football programs received some well deserved representation in the first two rounds... Read More

The City of Philadelphia released details for the 2017 NFL Draft Experience, an exciting, three-day festival taking place Thursday, April 27th through Saturday, April 29th on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Eakins Oval and the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Festival Activities & Information
The 2017 NFL Draft invites families and fans of all ages to enjoy FREE admission to a three-day football festival held along a half-mile stretch of the Benjamin Franklin... Read More

The Philadelphia 76ers announced today that rookie center Joel Embiid will be out for the rest of the season due to a knee injury. The Sixers said on Monday that he would be out indefinitely, but then decided to sideline him for the rest of the year after an MRI showed his torn meniscus is worse than they expected. The same scan did reveal that his left-knee bone bruise has "improved significantly." Embiid has not played since January 27th. He missed two full years following the 2014 draft due... Read More

Temple University's football program has now announced that four of its players are going to participate in the 2017 NFL combine in Indianapolis. The four players are DL Haason Reddick, OL Dion Dawkins, DB Nate Hariston, and RB Jahad Thomas. Dawkins, Reddick and Thomas are all New Jersey natives, and Hariston is from Frederick, Maryland. The 2017 NFL combine will take place between February 28th and March 6th at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The Sixers have now stated that Joel Embiid will not be participating in the Rising Stars Challenge as well as the Skills Challenge during the All-Star Weekend this upcoming weekend. The Sixers said that he will not be participating due to his injured left knee. The NBA announced that Oklahoma City's Alex Abrines will replace Embiid at the Rising Stars Game and Denver's Nikola Jokic will take Embiid's spot in the Skills Challenge.

The Sixers have now stated that Jahlil Okafor will be joining the team on Wednesday night against the Celtics. Okafor has been in the midst of a trade rumor between the Sixers and the Pelicans, and has not been playing much because of it. Head Coach Brett Brown said earlier this week that playing Okafor in the middle of the trade talks could complicate things. Coach Brown stated "It's still fluid but if you see me not play him, that's probably the reason."

As the NBA All-Star weekend is just a little over a week away, many Sixers fans were hoping that the end of the All-Star weekend would mean a start for Sixers rookie Ben Simmons. According to head coach Brett Brown, that scenario is looking extremely unlikely, saying that Simmons will not be participating in the 5-on-5 drills during All-Star Weekend. Sixers general manager Bryan Colangelo stated in a recent interview, "Ben wants to play basketball in the worst way, but he will only be... Read More

The Sixers General Manager Bryan Colangelo has updated Joel Embiid's injury report and says that Embiid has a "very minor meniscal injury" in his left knee. Colangelo also stated that his knee injury is not the source of the pain that has kept Embiid out for nine straight games. Colangelo also talked to reporters after the Sixers beat the Heat on Saturday 117-109 stated that the MRI taken of Emiid's knee showed a small tear and bruise. Embiid is unlikely to play in the rising stars game... Read More

The Sixers are taking on the Orlando Magic tonight at 7, and both teams will be facing some serious absences in their rosters. The Magic will be missing forward Aaron Gordon, who left the Magic's game against the Rockets on Tuesday with a bruised right foot. Magic Forward Jeff Green is also missing from the roster due to the birth of his first child. Jodie Meeks will also be absent on Thursday. Orlando has lost 16 of 21 games, and has not won consecutive games since after Christmas.... Read More

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